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F. A. LEAVI'I'T. AWNING.

No. 470,894. Patented Mar. 15', 1892.

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"PATENT FRANCIS A. LEAVITT, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,894, dated March15, 1892. Application filed October 16, 1891. Serial No. 403,951. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANCAIS A. LEAVITT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portland, in the county of CumberlandV and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to improvements in awnings, the object being toprovide an iniproved construction of same, whereby superior advantagesare obtained with respect to simplicity and economy in construction andefficiency in operation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of anawning constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the sameapplied to a window. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral l designates thewindow-frame, and 2 the awning-cover, which may be of an ordinary orsuitable construction.

The numeral 3 denotes a metal rod bent into a U shape, the port-ion 5 ofwhich is connected with the lower part of the cover 2, while its endsare pivoted to the window-frame.

The awning-cover is of the usual shape and at its upper edge is tackedor otherwise secured to the window-frame. The triangular side pieces 6of the cover are connected at their lower inner ends with ropes or cords7,

cover below the point of attachment of said cover with the window-frame.Ropes or cords l0 are also connected with the U-shaped bar,

' which pass through the sheaves 9 and are connected together, as in theordinary awnings now in use.

The operation will be readily understood. When the awning is down, itwill occupy the position shown in Fig. 1. To raise the same, the ropesl0 are pulled down, causing the U- shaped rod to be turned on its pivotsand the awning-cover to be elevated, the ropes 7 holding the side piecestaut, yet permitting them to rise, so as not to interfere with the freepassage of air through the window.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Thecombination,with a window-casing provided with sheaves S and 9 and the U-shaped rodpivoted to said casing intermediate of said sheaves, of the awning-coverconnected with said rod and secured to the upper part of saidwindow-frame, the ropes or cords connected with said rod and passingthrough sheaves 9, and the ropes or cords 7, passing through sheaves .8and 9 and connected with the awning-cover, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANOlS A. LEAVITT.

Witnesses:

\ FREDERICK H. HAREORD,

CLARENCE A. HEIGHT.

